Systems and methods for a centralized gift registry with automatic retailer-specific registry creation

A method for synchronizing centralized gift registries and retailer-specific registries by exchanging of data through use of Application Programming Interfaces (“APIs”), the method comprising:

• storing, in memory, centralized gift registry that is accessible to a retailer-specific registry, a gift giver, and a gift registrant;
• storing, in the memory, a first application programming interface (“API”), wherein the first API is for the centralized gift registry;
• storing, in the memory, a second API, wherein the second API is for the retailer-specific registry of the gift registrant, and wherein the retailer-specific registry is associated with a retailer;
• generating, using the second API, a first request of a plurality of periodic requests as a first API function call to synchronize the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry by including a gift available from the retailer on both the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry, wherein the first API function call comprises one or more of:
• a search request for identifying a retailer-specific registry for registries that match a profile of the gift registrant;
• a retrieval request for obtaining a collection of gifts of a gift list of the retailer-specific registry;
• or
• a create request that is used to create the retailer-specific registry;
• sending, using a processor, the first request to the retailer-specific registry;
• receiving, using the processor, an update to the gift based on an occurrence at the centralized gift registry;
• generating, based on a determination that information for a corresponding gift at the retailer-specific registry accessed via the second API does not match the update to the gift at the centralized gift registry, a next request of the plurality of periodic requests to synchronize the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry;
• generating, using the second API, a second request as a second API function call;
• and
• sending, using the processor, the second request to the retailer-specific registry to synchronize the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry by including the update on the retailer-specific registry.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for synchronizing centralized gift registries and retailer-specific registries by exchanging of data through use of Application Programming Interfaces (“APIs”), comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause operations comprising:

• storing, in memory, centralized gift registry that is accessible to a retailer-specific registry, a gift giver, and a gift registrant;
• storing, in the memory, a first application programming interface (“API”), wherein the first API is for the centralized gift registry;
• storing, in the memory, a second API, wherein the second API is for the retailer-specific registry of the gift registrant, and wherein the retailer-specific registry is associated with a retailer;
• generating, using the second API, a first request of a plurality of periodic requests as a first API function call to synchronize the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry by including a gift available from the retailer on both the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry, wherein the first API function call comprises one or more of:
• a search request for identifying a retailer-specific registry for registries that match a profile of the gift registrant;
• a retrieval request for obtaining a collection of gifts of a gift list of the retailer-specific registry;
• or
• a create request that is used to create the retailer-specific registry;
• sending the first request to the retailer-specific registry;
• receiving an update to the gift based on an occurrence at the centralized gift registry;
• generating, based on a determination that information for a corresponding gift at the retailer-specific registry accessed via the second API does not match the update to the gift at the centralized gift registry, a next request of the plurality of periodic requests to synchronize the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry;
• generating, using the second API, a second request as a second API function call;
• sending the second request to the retailer-specific registry to synchronize the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry by including the update on the retailer-specific registry;
• generating a gift list display based on the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registry;
• and
• sending the gift list display over a communications network to at least one of the gift giver and the gift registrant.